Longmont Mayor Brian J. Bagley offers the following message to the Boulder community:

The Longmont community stands strong with our friends and neighbors in Boulder after Monday’s horrific events. Although our hearts are broken and the pain runs deep, we offer our help and support to the city of Boulder and to the victims of this senseless tragedy. Our helping hand also extends to our colleagues in municipal service and law enforcement who acted courageously in the face of great danger to protect the community.

The loss of Officer Eric Talley will forever leave an agonizing scar on the hearts of all who knew him and worked with him. I know his sacrifice resonates profoundly throughout the Longmont community, especially with his colleagues and friends in Longmont Public Safety. Our law enforcement agencies have worked closely together and have built an unbreakable bond to safeguard the communities that we love. He will be missed.

We all have much healing to do in the coming weeks and months. As neighboring cities, we are geographically and intrinsically linked. When you hurt, we hurt. When you grieve, we grieve with you. Longmont is committed to helping the Boulder community cope with the anguish and mend the wounds.

Just know that Longmont has your back.

Sincerely,

Brian J. Bagley